Since 2015, a one-cent sales tax in Williams County has gone to support public safety programs — and the Williams County Commission is expanding what counts to include mental health services.
On Tuesday, Feb. 2, the commission approved the first reading of an ordinance to include behavioral health and behavioral health providers in the definitions for public safety…
NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) – The Nashville Emergency Communications Center had multiple back-up plans in place in the case of an event like the bombing, and they worked. Here are the gaps they’re still working to fill.
No one could have predicted what took place on 2nd Avenue on December 25 or the chaos that ensued afterward when much of the region was left without service. But, it’s the ECC’s job to prepare for the worst… READ MORE
According to Coffee County Sheriff Chad Partin, his concerns related to the management and operations of the Coffee County 911 Communications Center predate 911 Director Diane Argraves’ complaints against him. In January, Argraves filed a complaint against Partin citing allegations of discrimination and hostile work environment… READ MORE
The University of Cincinnati’s (UC) Office of Public Safety has upgraded its emergency communications system to send campus-wide alerts more efficiently.
UC’s Communications Center has transitioned away from a web-based alert system and can now send out safety alerts with the press of a button, officials said in a release on Jan. 31.
Dispatchers can press these buttons, developed by the Maryland-based Alertus Technologies, to alert the campus community of an active attacker, a police emergency or a non-police emergency, such as a fire, officials said… READ MORE
In 2018, a Harvey County dispatcher helped deliver a baby. A call came into the 911 center from a rural residence near Whitewater — a baby was coming and help was needed.
Dispatcher Courtney Becker started talking with the caller, thinking an ambulance would arrive and EMS would take over. However, the baby arrived before EMS.
“I’ve been a dispatcher for 18 years and I think I’ve been involved in just about everything,” Becker said at the time…
Verizon’s Andres Irlando is officially putting AT&T, FirstNet and others in the public safety industry on notice: The interoperability fight is not over. Not by a long shot.
“We don’t have true interoperability,” said Irlando, who is in charge of Verizon’s “public sector” business, which includes sales of services to federal, state, public safety and education customers. “It’s time for the industry to come together and solve for true interoperability”…
